Category Archives: Music

Matt Swift, Lesson Over. E.P Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. July 27th 2011.

You can sometimes have too much of a good thing, thankfully music isn’t one of them. Any musician, regardless of age or genre that grabs your attention should be savoured and enjoyed for however long they produce great songs and inspire you to be a better person.

Matt Swift’s Lesson Over EP is a collection of songs that quite frankly are amongst the best that you will get to hear this year and with the enormously talented Barry Briercliffe in the producer’s chair, Matt has delivered a set of tunes that really stand out and capture the imagination.

Matt Swift, Lesson Over. E.P Review. full post

(321 words, 1 image, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

Jon Fratelli, Psycho Jukebox. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. August 2nd 2011.

Jon Fratelli has spent the last few years watching his band The Fratellis come from seemingly nowhere to become terrace sing-a-long heroes with their catchy music and Vaudeville-like lyrics. Although they divided critical opinion with their two studios albums, their popularity has remained high with tracks such as the infectious Chelsea Dagger and the sleazy Cuntry Boys and City Girls turning up in clubs and its heavy rotation at football and N.H.L. matches.

Since 2009, Jon Fratelli has been working on new material which has culminated in his debut solo album Psycho Jukebox.

Jon Fratelli, Psycho Jukebox. Album Review. full post

(341 words, 1 image, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)

Red Hot Chili Peppers, I’m With You. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 1st 2011.

The longer the Red Hot Chili Peppers left it, the harder it could have been to get back to the stage the group were at when they announced they were taking time out after their gargantuan and gut busting double album Stadium Arcadium. The length of time to record the album, the subsequent drawn out success of the tour and the departure of guitarist John Frusciante from the fold would have all taken their toll and broken lesser bands.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, I’m With You. Album Review. full post

(371 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Queen, The Works. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

If the mid seventies can be defined as the golden period of producing records of quality by Queen, then the period after their foray into the world of disco and their first adventure into creating music for a major film can surely defined as the re-birth of a legend. From the time that The Works came out till the untimely passing of charismatic vocalist Freddie Mercury, the band never put a foot wrong in the studio and brought out album after stunning album with songs that captured the imagination, courted controversy and broke the fans hearts when it was over.

Queen, The Works. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition) full post

(521 words, 1 image, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Queen, A Kind of Magic. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

A Kind of Magic was Queen’s second attempt at creating a film score and after the underachieving and almost disastrous attempt of Flash Gordon it would have been natural for the band to shy away from getting into bed with any film producer who wanted them to run the risk of ridicule again, however A Kind of Magic had all the ingredients, all the creativity and all the genuine pulling power that Flash Gordon was robbed of.

Queen, A Kind of Magic. Album Review, (2011 Re-mastered Edition) full post

(470 words, 1 image, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Queen, Innuendo. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

Queen’s final studio album whilst Freddie Mercury was alive was the eccentric and adorable Innuendo. It may have been an open secret that would not be finally acknowledged publicly until the November of 1991, but Freddie’s daily battle with A.I. D.S was having a tremendous effect on his ability to perform and it is credit and testement to the measure of the man that no matter how desperately ill he must have felt during the last years of his life, he turned in a set of performances on the album that was the epitome of a long and illustrious career.

Queen, Innuendo. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition) full post

(529 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

Queen, The Miracle. Album Review, (2011 Re-Mastered Edition).

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 5th 2011.

The Miracle was Queen’s 13th studio album and even though the band had been suffering internal turmoil with vocalist Freddie Mercury’s admission to the band that he was seriously ill and the breakdown of Brain May’s first marriage, the four members pulled out all the stops to recorded what could be considered the bands finest album of the 1980’s. It has tough competition from The Works and the group’s next album Innuendo.

Queen, The Miracle. Album Review, (2011 Re-Mastered Edition). full post

(513 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

Queen, Made in Heaven. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition)

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 7th 2011.

The final Queen album to get the re-mastered treatment is the one that may have divided Queen fans the most. Made in Heaven was released after the death of vocalist Freddie Mercury, its songs taken from the last days of the charismatic singer and his insistence to get as many songs down on tape before his untimely death. Several songs were recorded and the band met up after to finish the project.

Queen, Made in Heaven. Album Review (2011 Re-Mastered Edition) full post

(422 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Suzi Quattro, In The Spotlight. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 12th 2011.

Suzi Quattro may not be a name that immediately leaps to mind when asked of influential women in Rock and Roll, especially with those raised on a diet of post 1980’s pop culture. However Suzi deserves to be mentioned not just in hushed tones of reverence and slight nods but to be celebrated and enjoyed over and over again.

Suzi Quattro, In The Spotlight. Album Review. full post

(399 words, 1 image, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Lindsey Buckingham, Seeds We Sow. Album Review.

Picture from lindseybuckingham.com

Originally published by L.S. Media. September 12th 2011.

Seeds We Sow really could be an analogy for the life of Lindsey Buckingham. He is seen as successful, supremely talented, driven but with that little edge that has been the subject of many a Rock documentary.

Seeds We Sow is the sixth solo album by the man more known as the creative force behind some of Fleetwood Mac’s finest moments including the fantastic Go Your Own Way, Second Hand News, the brutal sounding Tusk and Caroline. Some of the most personal moments of his life have been recorded for posterity and listened to millions of times over world-wide and in Seeds We Sow, it seems as though that incredible trend continues.

Lindsey Buckingham, Seeds We Sow. Album Review. full post

(435 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)